Washington State Transportation Commission Local Meeting Agenda – June 16, 2015

Spokane City Hall
Council Chambers
808 W Spokane Falls Blvd
Spokane WA

Please note: All listed times are estimates only and the Commission reserves the right to move agenda items as needed.

printable adobe acrobat version of this agenda. (pdf 78 kb)

 


Tuesday, June 16, 2015

 

Item 1: 8:00

SPECIAL ITEM: FERRY FARE PROPOSALS (pdf 342 kb)

Presenters: Ray Deardorf, Planning Director, Washington State Ferries, WSDOT
Greg Beardsley, Chair, FAC-Tariff Group (invited)

SPOKANE MEETING AGENDA


Item 2: 8:45

CHAIRMAN WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS

Item 3: 8:50

COMMISSION BUSINESS

  • Approval of May 19 & 20, 2015 meeting summary. – Action
  • Approval of March 18, 2015, Verbatim Transcript of Final I-405 Express Toll Lanes Fare Hearing – Action
  • Election of Officers – Action
  • Commission response to recent Petition – Action

Item 4: 9:10

TRANSPORTATION 101 – A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF TRANSPORTATION IN WASHINGTON (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: Paul Parker, Deputy Director, WSTC

Item 5: 9:30

COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (pdf 74 kb)

Presenters: Todd Mielke, Spokane County Commissioner
Chad Coles, Assistant County Engineer, Spokane County

Break: 10:00

Item 6: 10:15

CITY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (pdf 2 mb)

Presenters: David Condon, Mayor, City of Spokane
Rick Romero, Public Works Director, City of Spokane

Item 7: 10:45

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

Presenter: Susan Meyer, CEO, Spokane Transit

Item 8: 11:15

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: Kevin Wallace, Executive Director, Spokane Regional Transportation Council

Lunch: 12:00

Item 9: 1:00

TRIBAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

Presenters: Sev Jones, Executive Director, Planning & Public Works
Kalispel Tribe
Julia Seyler Whitford, KALTRAN Manager, Kalispel Tribe
Mike Tedesco, Planning & Economic Director, Spokane Tribe of Indians(invited)

Item 10: 1:20

WSDOT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES (pdf 2 mb)

Presenter: Mike Frucci, Assistant Regional Administrator, WSDOT Eastern Region

Item 11: 1:45

FREIGHT RAIL

Presenters: Chris Herman, Transportation Planning Specialist, Freight Systems Division, WSDOT
Tom Trulove, Mayor, City of Cheney
Johann Hellman,BNSF

Break: 2:45

Item 12: 3:00

AIR TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

Presenter: Larry Krauter, CEO, Spokane International Airport

Item 13: 3:45

MAJOR EMPLOYERS’ TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES

Presenters: Cheryl Stewart, Executive Director, Inland Northwest AGC
Lawrence Stone, CEO, Scafco
Cheryl Kilday, President & CEO, Visit Spokane
Roger Flint, Vice President, Spokane Good Roads Association

Item 14: 4:45

PUBLIC COMMENT

ADJOURN: 5:00

 



(The Commission reserves the right to take action on any item during the Commission Meeting and may make adjustments to the order of the agenda items as well as the time of adjournment.)

All Transportation Commission and Committee meetings are open to the public.

SPECIAL NEEDS

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information

Individuals requiring reasonable accommodations may request written materials in alternate formats, sign language interpreters, physical accessibility accommodations, or other reasonable accommodations by contacting the event sponsor (Commission Office at (360) 705-7070). Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may contact the event sponsor through the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1.

Title VI Notice to Public

It is WSTC’s policy to assure that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, national origin or sex, as provided by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise discriminated against under any of its federally funded programs and activities. Any person who believes his/her Title VI protection has been violated, may file a complaint with WSDOT’s Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO). For additional information regarding Title VI complaint procedures and/or information regarding our non-discrimination obligations, please contact OEO’s Title VI Coordinator 360-705-7082.